Title: which 3/8 tap for full flow? Post by: ridenrace6 on October 10, 2016, 18:09:49 pm can someone steer me in the right direction as to which one of these taps i need to tap the "normal" full flow location, i believe it's 3/8 but they have several different types listed
https://www.fastenal.com/products/cutting-tools-metalworking/threading-and-tapping/taps/pipe-taps?r=~|categoryl1:%22601071%20Cutting%20Tools%209and%20Metalworking%22|~%20~|categoryl2:%22601102%20Threading%20and%20Tapping%22|~%20~|categoryl3:%22612644%20Taps%22|~%20~|categoryl4:%22601106%20Pipe%20Taps%22|~%20~|sattr01:^3/8%22$|~ Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk Title: Re: which 3/8 tap for full flow? Post by: Dougy Dee on October 10, 2016, 19:15:20 pm 3/8 NPT
Title: which 3/8 tap for full flow? Post by: ridenrace6 on October 11, 2016, 02:31:05 am 3/8 NPT yea i know it's 3/8 pipe thread but i didn't know there were that many different types of pipe taps, fastenal has 14 choices for a 3/8 pipe tap. fastenal list tapered, straight, dry sealing, and tapered plug as options in the drop down menus????? Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk Title: Re: which 3/8 tap for full flow? Post by: Erlend / bug66 on October 11, 2016, 08:01:18 am NPT is a tapered size.
3/8-18 NPT would be the right tap I believe |